(FILES) This October 16, 2010 file photo

(FILES) This October 16, 2010 file photo shows Sarah Palin as she speaks at the Republican National Committee Victory Rally in Anaheim, California. Palin on Wednesday accused critics of “blood libel” for tying her fiery political rhetoric to a bloody weekend assassination attempt on a US lawmaker. Palin, a possible White House contender in 2012, forcefully rejected any responsibility for the shooting spree in Arizona that left six dead and Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life. “Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them,” the “Tea Party” champion said in a video and lengthy statement on her Facebook page. AFP PHOTO/VALERIE MACON / FILES (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images)